Recognition Quotes - Page 2

This pervasive craving to be recognized as special amounted to an abdication of power, an outsourcing of your core responsibilities. I spurned the fawning of strangers, but I did feel special to myself. I had found that "feeling special" was a private experience, and no one else's projected fascination could substitute for quiet absorption in your own life.

Few moments are so special that they should be recognized by special expressions.

It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.

Lies sound like facts to those who've been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth.

Because personally I think mattering is a piss-poor idea. I just want to fly under the radar, because when you start to make yourself into a big deal, that’s when you get shot down. The bigger a deal you are, the worse your life is.

I'm less amazed with your success and more with how you remain unaffected by what it brings with it.

Awards and recognition are not the purpose of life and not the goal of an activist. The heart of an activist usually redonates the money, or uses the accolades as a foot in the door for more activism and awareness. A plack on the wall won’t change the world; it only shows your devotion.

It is instead just the grace of a common person turning suddenly real because he is common and human and recoignizable.

At the age of 46 I was starting to see the appearance of rainbow halos and starbursts around bright nighttime lights, problems reading small print, focusing issues with my eyes, and image recognition issues. I had been exposed to bright high powered 20 watt scattered sodium LASER light a decade earlier in very high altitude astronomy.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

The system we have built refuses to recognize people. Only credit cards are recognized. Drivers' licenses are recognized. But not people. People haven't any use for faces anymore, it seems. They are busy looking at your credit card, your driver's licence, your social security number. If a driver's licence is more reliable than the face I wear, then why do I have a face?

Remember, nothing happens before it’s supposed to, so trust that, as you are striving for authenticity and personal excellence, the recognition of your life’s purpose is nearing closer.

The world we see is a painting colored by our fears and desires.

Don't do something for recognition. Do it out of kindness ..because out of giving, it will make you whole and complete.

There is a difference between being remembered and being caught by the mesh of one's mind.

It is interesting how one word can spark memories that one believes she has buried beyond recognition.

As followers of Christ, we are to be careful not to remain victims of the many cultural presuppositions of who he is, and what he teaches, insofar as taking for granted our own caricatures of him. Let it boil in both mind and heart the question, 'If Jesus were to appear today, how many of us would actually recognize him and his teachings (or would it simply be a recount of his first visit)?

Beware ! Heart is too small to feel happy but soul is too big to take glory

You can't succeed in any endeavor if your motive is solely selfish- feeding your ego, seeking recognition, fame, etc. Find a lasting motivation...

Affliction compels us to recognize as real what we do not think possible.

Glory of the world makes life meaningless. Glory of God fulfills it.

When an employee truly understands the meaning of his work and gets recognition for his efforts he performs the best.

A person with a large tuber of self-pride remains engrossed in the fear of, ‘Someone is going to insult me…someone is going to insult me’ or ‘From where can I get respect? From where can I get the respect?

Never justify someones wrong action, without them apologizing first & admitting their wrongs. If you do. You are not making them better, but you are making them worse on the bad things they do.

He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

Love springs from the inside. It is the immortal surge of passion, excitement, energy, power, strength, prosperity, recognition, respect, desire, determination, enthusiasm, confidence, courage, and vitality, that nourishes, extends and protects. It possesses an external objective - life.

Sweet wine makes drunk, sour wine (insult) is "tetelestai". Life is not about what we have done and become, but how God to be fully glorified.

When people support you when you have done something wrong. It doesnt mean you are right, but it means those people are promoting their hate , bad behavior or living their bad lives through you.

She smiled at me with such merriment of recognition, and such a yearning to be recognised in return, that you would think this was a moment granted to her when she was let out of the shadows for one day in a thousand.

Never pass on an opportunity to say thank you or give recognition for a job well done

I had such a hard time giving all the glory to God when first accepting Him as Lord. Coming out of a theatre background where there were many applauds and accolades, I suffered from what I call "attention-itis" - the need for recognition. It took many years and much eating of crow before I became conscious of giving all praise to God for my accomplishments.

If we reflect, we shall recognize.

Whatever we have in the glory of man is "away". Those are just not enough before we go "home" to the glory of God.

The single greatest cause of happiness is gratitude.

Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement.

I felt nothing change in the room, except the shock of my voice alone and the peculiar euphoria one feels in the wake of applause, feeling at once cheapened and triumphant.

I dont celebrate any friendship that was build on hate, because we share the common enemy.

​You can always tell when someone deserves the praise and recognition they receive, because it humbles them rather than inflating their ego.

A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.

Emotion is ‘recognition’. When treasured moments are identified in the jungle of our personal history during a visual or aural encounter, we capture magic sparks from our past, arousing flashes of insight and revealing an inner flare. These instants of recognition may kindle enthralling emotion and fulfilling inspiration. (“Those journeys of love”)

It's better to find success through God, than finding it on one's own merits; some who usually find their own success become boastful, where through God it's with gratitude.

The purpose of your life is the purpose you bring to it choice by choice and recognition by recognition.

Big things in the glory of the world mean nothing. Small things in glory of God mean everything. Truly..., size doesn't matter in this world or in the world to come.

Hero' is not an official status or designation, but if the world recognize you as a hero, it is the highest honor you will ever receive.

In middle school I played against you once. And lost. I was so frustrated that I continued practicing even after I retired... And then when I entered high school, hell yeah, I laughed. The guy I vowed to defeat no matter what was standing right in front of me as one of my own teammates. But now it's pointless to hold a grudge. Rather, I wanted to make you recognize me. (Takao Kazunari)

Gratitude is a powerful trait.

the measure of achievements in life are directly related to the acquire knowledge, not to the social recognition.

Knowledge leads towards different kind of societies then those societies don’t relate with each other because people in those societies think, act and reacts with their knowledge that create different ways of life and different recognitions of humans.

Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.

If we glorify God (not self) in everything we do then everything on earth will glorify God.

Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.

Few teams sometimes fails miserably because team members wish to work in the team but they want to be recognized individualy.

Gandhi sacrificed India for his own fame and recognition. Without Gandhi, there would have been a different India; a very masculine one.

One thing about a skunk—once you recognize the markings, you know things are gonna stink.